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HoreTore
07-14-2011, 00:30
I know I am not worthy.

I know I may be lacking in perseverance and talent.

I would kiss the ground before your feet, but I know my lips are not worthy to be where your godly feet have been.

I have brought an offering of delicious cookies for you, and with this I beg your assistance for my quest:

I'm watching 60 minutes right now(I believe I'm a couple of weeks behind you americans), and they're running a story on the murder of Louis Allen. It's not the murder I'm interested in, but when they introduced the FBI agent investigating the case, they said she was running the FBI's "cold case intiative". That is what I'm interested in knowing more about. Would any of you care to enlighten me, perhaps with a couple of linkys?

Thanks.

Your most humble servant,
Horetore
Lemur
07-14-2011, 00:35
Looks like it's a thing where the FBI is reopening 100+ unsolved cases from the 1950s and 1960s. Here's a summary of the program you're watching (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/04/07/60minutes/main20051850.shtml).

Here's the FBI's official summary (http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2010/march/coldcase_030210/civil-rights-era-murders-joint-initiative-yields-results) of the initiative.

And just for fun, here's an FBI podcast (http://www.fbi.gov/news/podcasts/inside/cold-case-initiative.mp3/view) about it.
Cute Wolf
07-14-2011, 02:51
I think there was expiration date for criminal case, 20 or 30 years.
Crazed Rabbit
07-14-2011, 02:59
They arrested a man in Seattle a month or so ago for a 1957 murder in Illinois;
http://articles.cnn.com/2011-07-02/justice/washington.cold.case.arrest_1_murder-charges-seattle-area-arrest?_s=PM:CRIME

CR
a completely inoffensive name
07-14-2011, 04:32
It's good stuff. Even if it has been 50, 60 years, to finally solve those crimes and catch the bad guy makes me happy.
Lemur
07-14-2011, 05:48
I think there was expiration date for criminal case, 20 or 30 years.
In the U.S. it's called the statute of limitations (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statute_of_limitations). For certain crimes, such as murder or treason, there is no time limit.
Fragony
07-14-2011, 06:14
It's good stuff. Even if it has been 50, 60 years, to finally solve those crimes and catch the bad guy makes me happy.

Not going to stop using that term, the inevitable confusion is on you
a completely inoffensive name
07-14-2011, 06:19
Not going to stop using that term, the inevitable confusion is on you

I wasn't trying to get you to stop. :D And I welcome the confusion.
Fragony
07-14-2011, 06:34
I wasn't trying to get you to stop. :D And I welcome the confusion.

Moderator's nightmare, just saying
HoreTore
07-14-2011, 09:54
One can always count on the Lemur, thanks :smash:

But.... The FBI explaining it is one thing, what would be even more intesting is an article from the media, perhaps with a bit of criticism in it...
Cute Wolf
07-15-2011, 09:54
well, people changes. What's the point of pursuing someone who doing evil things 20-30 years ago, even if that was murder, IF that was their only crime, or they didn't commit crimes in 20-30 years and now have good family, lives, etc. What's the point of "justice"? the victim are long gone, the damage may allready healed (mostly), and lives going on. Why not just put some kind of statue of limitations (but definitely no for serial murderers)
HoreTore
07-15-2011, 22:54
well, people changes. What's the point of pursuing someone who doing evil things 20-30 years ago, even if that was murder, IF that was their only crime, or they didn't commit crimes in 20-30 years and now have good family, lives, etc. What's the point of "justice"? the victim are long gone, the damage may allready healed (mostly), and lives going on. Why not just put some kind of statue of limitations (but definitely no for serial murderers)

I agree when it comes to sentencing.

But the police should definitely continue trying to figure out what happened. The families of the victims will always desire to know the truth of what happened to their loved one. This is where an amnesty can come in handy; if the threat of prison is removed, more people will be willing to confess their crime.

I don't believe that people still crave blood after 40 years. But I do believe that they want to know the truth just as badly.






But then again, I'm a hippie who doesn't really believe in punishment at all....